Question 1

What is a CSS reset?

Accepted Answer

A CSS reset is a set of CSS rules that strip away default browser styling, creating a consistent baseline across different browsers. This eliminates unexpected spacing, font, and layout differences so you can build your design from a clean slate.

Question 2

Which CSS reset preset should I use?

Accepted Answer

Modern Reset is recommended for most new projects — it covers box-sizing, margin/padding normalization, font resets, and responsive images. Normalize-Style is ideal if you want to preserve some useful browser defaults while fixing inconsistencies. Minimal is great for lightweight projects that only need the bare essentials.

Question 3

What's the difference between CSS reset and normalize?

Accepted Answer

A CSS reset strips all default browser styling to a blank slate, removing margins, paddings, and font styles. CSS Normalize (like normalize.css) preserves useful defaults and only fixes cross-browser inconsistencies. Resets give you full control; normalizes give you a better starting point without removing everything.